†subtribe Cynarctina Wang et al. 1999 (bone-crushing dog)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392
Parent taxon: Borophagini according to X. Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Aelurodontina, Borophagina, Cormocyon, Desmocyon, Euoplocyon, Metatomarctus, Microtomarctus, Protomarctus, Psalidocyon, Tephrocyon
Subtaxa: Cynarctus, Paracynarctus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore